"Finally Facing My Waterloo"

I've recognized my weakness....music. I could see it, listen to it, sing it, and play it all day every day. Any kind and every kind. My senior year of High School I realized that I really don't have a particular style that I listen to. I just love it all!!! Sure there are some that I favor, but I don't limit myself to anything. Bring it on! Dayton and I just came back from seeing "Mamma Mia". It's become tradition for us to see the cheesy musicals with no real plot together. We don't care how ridiculous we may seem we just have a great time before, during, and after the show. No joke! Although I have seen the play twice before, and own the movie, I still love it. Shley hates the story because it (and I quote) "doesn't believe in the institution of marriage." To that I must say, so what, neither does any other movie in the world that was made by Hollywood. You have to take it with a grain of salt and just enjoy the music and atmosphere. That's what makes it a classic! And as Burgess would say "you can hear the glitter!"

But anyway, back to me...I love music. Growing up it was always present and my earliest memories are of long distance car trips to Grandma's with a whole slew of music to guide us along the way. Then came piano and it's stayed with me ever since I could see...as in forever. My first ever favorite song was "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tale. My mom would sit at the piano and play it for me, sometimes for hours and I was entranced. Then came organ in church, band, choir, and teaching piano lessons. The rest is all downhill from there.

Nothing has really changed. I still listen to music ALL the time. I wake up to it, read to it, study with it, fall asleep with it, and dream to it. All of my favourite music has memories and feelings attached...even smells. Peppy and cheesy songs make me feel better; Classical help me relax, Broadway and musicals makes happy time, and Oldies are anytime. I'm also a sucker for sappy songs...just ask my roommates. "BARF!" has been said to me on many occasions, but I don't care...I'm still me and I'm not going anywhere!